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Beta blockers may improve survival for melanoma patients

A common, inexpensive drug that is used to prevent heart attacks and lower blood pressure may also help melanoma patients live longer, according to researchers.

8 Jan 2018

New PET tracer can identify, track bacterial lung infection better than current imaging methods

Researchers at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, have demonstrated that a new radiotracer, 2-18F-fluorodeoxysorbitol (18F-FDS), can identify and track bacterial infection in lungs better than current imaging methods and is able to differentiate bacterial infection from inflammation.

8 Jan 2018

Medical personnel's ethical challenges in military war zones

Licensed medical personnel on military operations abroad adapt easily to the military organization but experience dual loyalties between the organization and their medical ethics.

8 Jan 2018

Newly identified biomarkers predict cancer patient’s response to immunotherapy

Researchers at the University of Zurich have identified biomarkers in the blood that make it possible to predict whether cancer patients will respond positively to immunotherapy.

8 Jan 2018

Researchers discover mutations in a gene related to obesity

Researchers have discovered mutations in a gene related to obesity, offering new treatment possibilities in the fight against the global epidemic.

8 Jan 2018

Women who conceive while using IUD more likely to have adverse perinatal outcomes

Women who conceive while using an intrauterine contraceptive device have a greater risk of preterm delivery, low birth weight babies, bacterial infections, or losing a fetus, according to researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the Soroka University Medical Center.

8 Jan 2018

Saliva-based diagnostics offer possibility to detect HPV-induced throat cancer

This follows the extension of a QUT collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Janssen Vaccines & Prevention, and Janssen Cilag Pty Ltd.

8 Jan 2018

Camelina oil has positive effect on blood cholesterol levels

The use of camelina oil reduces overall and LDL cholesterol levels in persons with impaired glucose metabolism, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland. The findings were published in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research.

8 Jan 2018

Study reveals increased risk of common cancers among female night shift workers

A new study published in the journal of American Association for Cancer Research, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, has revealed the increased risk of breast, skin, and gastrointestinal cancers among women who work night shifts.

8 Jan 2018

Women more likely than men to die from a heart attack due to treatment disparity

Study shows women are more likely than men to die during the year following a heart attack as they are less likely to be offered recommended treatments.

8 Jan 2018

Exercise training may help middle-aged people to reduce heart failure risk from sedentary lifestyle

Middle-aged couch potatoes may reduce or reverse the risk of heart failure associated with years of sitting if they participate in two years of regular aerobic exercise training, according to a new study in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.

8 Jan 2018

Obese adolescents show improvements in cardiovascular disease risk factors after bariatric surgery

Adolescents with severe obesity who had bariatric surgery showed significant improvements in cardiovascular disease risk factors, according to the most recent "Teen Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery" (Teen-LABS) study, published online today by Pediatrics.

8 Jan 2018

Repeated influenza vaccination in older adults reduces severity of virus and hospital admissions

Repeated vaccination for influenza in older adults reduced the severity of the virus and reduced hospital admissions, found new research published in CMAJ.

8 Jan 2018

Study finds nearly 170% increase in eye injuries associated with non-powder guns

A new study conducted by researchers in the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital investigated sports- and recreation-related eye injuries during a 23-year period and found a slight decrease in eye injuries overall; however, the rate of eye injury associated with non-powder guns (including BB, pellet and paintball guns) increased by almost 170%.

8 Jan 2018

Medical Research News

Beta blockers may improve survival for melanoma patients

New PET tracer can identify, track bacterial lung infection better than current imaging methods

Medical personnel's ethical challenges in military war zones

Newly identified biomarkers predict cancer patient’s response to immunotherapy

Researchers discover mutations in a gene related to obesity

Women who conceive while using IUD more likely to have adverse perinatal outcomes

Saliva-based diagnostics offer possibility to detect HPV-induced throat cancer

Camelina oil has positive effect on blood cholesterol levels

Study reveals increased risk of common cancers among female night shift workers

Women more likely than men to die from a heart attack due to treatment disparity

Exercise training may help middle-aged people to reduce heart failure risk from sedentary lifestyle

Obese adolescents show improvements in cardiovascular disease risk factors after bariatric surgery

Repeated influenza vaccination in older adults reduces severity of virus and hospital admissions

Study finds nearly 170% increase in eye injuries associated with non-powder guns

Long-term night shift work among women may increase risk of cancers

New understanding of how molecules regulate enzyme could lead to potential cancer targets

Bielefeld scientists discover cause of initially unclear symptoms

Targeted fluorescence successfully identifies pulmonary metastases in osteosarcoma patient

Paracetamol use during pregnancy may impair fertility of female offspring

Researchers pinpoint mechanism for conversion of white fat into brown fat

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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